Overview
Our Brand platforms provide critical insight for our clients, enabling them to identify and seize opportunities to grow their Brands. We are seeking a dedicated Technical Product Owner to join our engineering community. In this role, you will partner with software engineering teams, architects, and product managers to build the detailed technical backlogs that drive the value-oriented delivery of our ambitious product roadmaps.
Your work will be as varied and diverse as the culture we’re proud to be a part of. You could find yourself involved in multiple projects, closely aligned to 2-3 teams or you could be called upon to help resolve challenges from across the whole community. We believe in autonomous teams with responsibility, and we’re passionate about continual improvement. Great ideas can come from anywhere, and we want you to speak up from day one!
Key Responsibilities
Translate higher-level backlogs into actionable technical requirements in collaboration with Product Owners and Engineering teams.
Create, refine, and maintain backlogs to ensure frequent and incremental value delivery while avoiding unnecessary accumulation of technical or operational debt
Support the development teams throughout the whole development lifecycle, answering questions, attending ceremonies and participating in test design and user acceptance testing;
Address questions, doubts, and risks raised by stakeholders and developers.
Facilitate workshops and meetings with stakeholders in other teams to ensure effective delivery of end-to-end solutions
Drive backlog prioritisation and manage partner expectations
Illustrate ‘as is’ and ‘to be’ business processes using swim-lane diagrams or Activity Diagrams
Document and communicate a product roadmap to identify and prioritise the strategic direction of the product
Collaborate with Project Managers, Solution Architects, Developers, Testers, and DevOps to deliver high-quality solutions following Agile methodology
Advocate for clients/users, prioritising their needs in product design
Contribute to the continual development and improvement of departmental processes
Lead discussions about roadmap item dependencies and delivery implications
Analyse requirements and advise on scope and options for continuous operational improvement
Build and maintain product documentation for users and other developers
Elicit requirements from stakeholders using appropriate techniques and capture these clearly to ensure common understanding
Identify and assess risk, reliability, and/or uncertainty in the design, system, or process including the impact of change
Capabilities and Experience
Experience as a Technical Product Owner, Business Analyst, or in a broad range of technical deliveries is advantageous
Ability to work autonomously in an environment of constant change
Experience writing requirement documents and user stories
Experience defining business processes
Knowledge of Agile and Scrum methodologies and software development processes
Experience of working collaboratively with agile development teams - experience working with teams across multiple countries is desirable
Familiarity with Microsoft Azure DevOps is desirable
Experience creating flow diagrams for visualising requirements is desirable
Ability to communicate fluently in English – especially when conveying technical detail and business value
Experience modelling business processes using various tools and techniques is desirable.
Personal Skills
Ability to break down complex problems into logical and manageable constructs
Desire and capability to innovate within the scope and requirements of stakeholders
Demonstrable commitment to seeing a project through from inception to completion
Willingness to tackle challenges head-on
Ability to plan, schedule, and monitor own work systematically and analytically